Website terms and conditions of use

This is www.nrm.org.uk, a website ("the Website") operated by The Board of Trustees of the National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ ("the National Railway Museum"). Your use of the Website is subject to the following Terms & Conditions of Use, which you are deemed to accept by using the Website.

1. Copyright and Trade Marks

The copyright and all other rights in the material on the Website are owned by the National Railway Museum or are included with the permission of the owner of the rights. No copying, distribution, broadcast, alteration, or modification of the pages of the Website is permitted without our prior written consent. No use of any name, trade mark (registered or otherwise) of the National Railway Museum or its subsidiaries is to be made by you except for the purpose of referring to the National Railway Museum or its associated brands lawfully and in good faith only.

2. Prohibited use

You agree not to use the Website:

to create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from this website except where expressly permitted on the website;

to disseminate advertisements or for any other commercial purposes (which would include using the Website to promote or encourage the sale of your goods/services);

to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from the Website to any third party except where expressly permitted on the Website;

in such a way so as to remove the copyright or trade mark notice(s) from any copies of any material made in accordance with these terms;

to disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;

to disseminate any material which is abusive, defamatory or obscene, may harass, offend or inconvenience any person, applauds, encourages or entices abuse, discrimination or criminal activity or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Website by any person;

to disseminate any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

in any way that might infringe third party privacy or other rights, is unlawful or that might bring The Science Museum or any of its subsidiaries into disrepute; or

to post link(s) that take users to material that contravenes any of the above restrictions.

3. Information and availability

The information on the Website does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the National Railway Museum. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of information on the Website, the National Railway Museum does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the material on the Website. You are responsible for checking the accuracy of relevant facts, instructions, suggestions and/or opinions given on the Website before relying on them.

Further, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, errors, interruptions and delays may occur in the service at any time. Accordingly, the Website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any warranties of any kind. The National Railway Museum reserves absolutely the right to withdraw or suspend the Website where it deems this to be necessary without notice and will not be liable to you for such unavailability.

4. Links

You may not display the contents of the Website (or any page from it) or allow it to be displayed surrounded or framed or otherwise surrounded by material not originating from us without our consent.

You acknowledge that the content of any other website accessed via an automatic link from the Website is not subject to our control, their owners may be independent from us and we do not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content of any such website.

5. Computer viruses

We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website does not contain or promulgate any viruses or other malicious code. However, we exclude to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws all liability in connection with any damage or loss caused by computer viruses or other malicious code originating or contracted from the Website.

6. Personal Information

The provision of personal information by you and use of it by the National Railway Museum is subject to the National Railway Museum's Privacy Policy, which is incorporated in the Terms and Conditions of Use.

7. Liability

The National Railway Museum and its subsidiaries exclude all liability and responsibility for loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct or indirect loss or damage) whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise arising in connection with the Website or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of the Website, any websites linked to the Website or the material on such websites.

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions of Use shall restrict or exclude any liability that we have to any party which cannot be excluded by law and in particular, and notwithstanding any term of these Terms & Conditions of Use, our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence shall not be limited or excluded in any way.

8. Variation of these Terms & Conditions of Use

The National Railway Museum reserves the right to vary these Terms & Conditions of Use from time to time. Such variations become effective immediately upon the posting of the varied Terms & Conditions of Use on the Website. By continuing to use the Website you will be deemed to accept such variations.

10 General

These Terms & Conditions of Use shall be governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules/or specific terms of use appearing on the Website relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

In the event that any term of these Terms & Conditions of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms & Conditions of Use shall remain valid and enforceable.